Abstract: John Lofland served as Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis from 1970-1994. His papers contain research
materials on demonstrations in or near the California State Capitol building in 1977 for his books,
Symbolic Sit-ins: Protest Occupations at the California Capitol (1982) and
Crowd Lobbying: An Emerging Tactic of Interest Group Influence in California (1982). Also included are materials relating to the formation of the sister city relationship between the City of Davis,
California and the Ukrainian city of Uman.

Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.

Davis, California 95616-5292

Collection number: D-473

Language of Material: Collection materials in English.

Biography

John Franklin Lofland was born on March 4, 1936 in Milford, Delaware. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College (1958),
his M.A. in Sociology from Columbia University (1960), and his Ph.D in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley
(1964). Lofland served as Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis from 1970-1994.

Scope and Content

The papers contain research materials on demonstrations in or near the California State Capitol building in 1977 for Lofland's
books,
Symbolic Sit-ins: Protest Occupations at the California Capitol (1982) and
Crowd Lobbying: An Emerging Tactic of Interest Group Influence in California (1982). Also included are materials relating to the formation of the sister city relationship between the City of Davis,
California and the Ukrainian city of Uman.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged in two series: 1. Symbolic Sit-ins and Crowd Lobbying Books and 2. Davis, California Historical
Materials.

Related Collections

Special Collections also holds the John Lofland Papers on the Unification Church, D-361.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

[Identification of item], D-473, John Lofland Papers, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California,
Davis.

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